Thu Jan 5, 2023 – 9:23 pm EST
EDMONTON, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) – After the Canadian federal government announced a proposal late last year to ban new sales of gas-powered cars after 2035, one provincial premier said she will protect her province from mandates and any rules that attack its oil and gas industry.
In December, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Albertans will always have the choice to buy gasoline-powered cars. She also promised to protect Albertans from Electric vehicles (EV) mandates imposed by the federal government.
Smith made the comments after she said “heck no” to a looming federal government EV mandate.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s war on the internal combustion engine comes despite the fact Canada has the third largest oil reserves in the world, which is produced ethically, unlike in other nations.
Electric cars cost thousands more to make and buy, are not suited to Canada’s cold climate, offer poor range and long charging times (especially in cold weather), and have batteries that take tremendous resources to make and are hard to recycle.
A recent report from the Western Standard documents how one Alberta couple found out the hard way that going EV does
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